Sex determination tests

Inspections are conducted regularly by the Appropriate authorities in the States/UTs. As per the quarterly progress report (QPR) received from States/ UTs, a total of 2316 court cases have been filed by the District Appropriate Authorities for violating the provisions of the PC&PNDT Act, out of which 294 cases have been filed against unregistered diagnostic centres and 1683 machines have been sealed/seized. A total of 388 convictions have been secured under PC&PNDT Act, 1994. Following the convictions, the medical licenses of 108 doctors have been suspended by the various State Medical Councils.

As per the information received from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), NCRB has started collecting data on female foeticides since 2014 and as reported by NCRB, a total of 50 foeticides were reported in 2014 and 45 foeticides were reported in 2015 in the country, showing a decrease of 10% in female foeticides during 2015 over 2014. However, in Maharashtra it has increased from 1 foeticide to 5 foeticides

The Government has enacted the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, for prohibition of sex selection before or after conception and for prevention of misuse of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques for sex determination.

The Government is rendering financial support to the States and UTs for operationalization of PNDT Cells, Capacity Building, Orientation & Sensitisation Workshop, Information, Education and Communication campaigns and for strengthening structures for the implementation of the PC & PNDT Act under the National Health Mission (NHM). In the financial year 2016-17 total Rs.1241.33 Lakhs have been approved for the effective implementation of PC&PNDT Act. The State/UT-wise details are given below:

Beti Bachao,BetiPadhao(BBBP) waslaunched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister,to address the declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of empowerment of women on a life-cycle continuum. It is a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development with a focus on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mind sets, multi-sectoral action in selected 100districts and now extend to additional 61 districts (low on CSR), enabling girls' education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act. Awareness campaign has already been started in these districts. The details are given below:

List of 161 districts of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

SN

Name of State / UT

Number of Districts

Census 2001

Census 2011

INDIA

927

918

1

Gujarat (9)

Surat

859

835

2

Mahesana

801

842

3

Gandhinagar

816

847

4

Ahmadabad

835

857

5

Rajkot

854

862

6

Anand

849

884

7

Amreli

892

886

8

Patan

865

890

9

Bhavnagar

881

891

10

Haryana (20)

Mahendragarh

818

775

11

Jhajjar

801

782

12

Rewari

811

787

13

Sonipat

788

798

14

Ambala

782

810

15

Kurukshetra

771

818

16

Rohtak

799

820

17

Karnal

809

824

18

Yamunanagar

806

826

19

Kaithal

791

828

20

Bhiwani

841

832

21

Panipat

809

837

22

Gurgaon

807

830

23

Jind

818

838

24

Faridabad

847

843

25

Hisar

832

851

26

Fatehabad

828

854

27

Sirsa

817

862

28

Panchkula

829

863

29

Palwal

854

866

30

Himachal Pradesh (3)

Una

837

875

31

Kangra

836

876

32

Hamirpur

850

887

33

Jammu & Kashmir (15)

Jammu

819

795

34

Pulwama

1046

829

35

Kathua

847

831

36

Badgam

963

832

37

Anantnag

977

841

38

Samba

798

779

39

Baramula

961

863

40

Ganderbal

1014

863

41

Rajouri

905

865

42

Srinagar

983

865

43

Shupiyan

1011

878

44

Kupwara

1021

879

45

Kulgam

1003

885

46

Udhampur

912

886

47

Bandipore

967

892

48

Madhya Pradesh (6)

Morena

837

829

49

Gwalior

853

840

50

Bhind

832

843

51

Datia

874

856

52

Rewa

926

885

53

Tikamgarh

916

892

54

Maharastra (16)

Bid

894

807

55

Jalgaon

880

842

56

Ahmadnagar

884

852

57

Buldana

908

855

58

Aurangabad

890

858

59

Washim

918

863

60

Kolhapur

839

863

61

Osmanabad

894

867

62

Sangli

851

867

63

Jalna

903

870

64

Hingoli

927

882

65

Solapur

895

883

66

Pune

902

883

67

Parbhani

923

884

68

Nashik

920

890

69

Latur

918

889

70

NCT of Delhi (7)

South West

846

845

71

North West

857

865

72

East

865

871

73

West

859

872

74

North

886

873

75

North East

875

880

76

South

888

885

77

Punjab (20)

Tarn Taran

784

820

78

Gurdaspur

789

821

79

Amritsar

792

826

80

Muktsar

811

831

81

Mansa

782

836

82

Patiala

776

837

83

Sangrur

784

840

84

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar

785

841

85

Fatehgarh Sahib

766

842

86

Barnala

792

843

87

Firozpur

822

847

88

Faridkot

812

851

89

Bathinda

785

854

90

Ludhiana

817

860

91

Moga

818

860

92

Rupnagar

799

863

93

Hoshiarpur

812

865

94

Kapurthala

785

871

95

Jalandhar

806

874

96

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar

808

885

97

Rajasthan (14)

Jhunjhunun

863

837

98

Sikar

885

848

99

Karauli

873

852

100

Ganganagar

850

854

101

Dhaulpur

860

857

102

Jaipur

899

861

103

Dausa

906

865

104

Alwar

887

865

105

Bharatpur

879

869

106

Sawai Madhopur

902

871

107

Jaisalmer

869

874

108

Hanumangarh

872

878

109

Jodhpur

920

891

110

Tonk

927

892

111

Uttar Pradesh (21)

Baghpat

850

841

112

Gautam Buddha Nagar

854

843

113

Ghaziabad

854

850

114

Meerut

857

852

115

Bulandshahr

867

854

116

Agra

866

861

117

Muzaffarnagar

859

863

118

Mahamaya Nagar

886

865

119

Jhansi

886

866

120

Mathura

872

870

121

Etawah

895

875

122

Aligarh

886

877

123

Etah

880

879

124

Firozabad

887

881

125

Jalaun

889

881

126

Bijnor

905

883

127

Mainpuri

892

884

128

Hamirpur

904

886

129

Saharanpur

872

887

130

Farrukhabad

897

889

131

Mahoba

900

892

132

Uttarakhand (5)

Pithoragarh

902

816

133

Champawat

934

873

134

Hardwar

862

877

135

Dehradun

894

889

136

Chamoli

935

889

137

Andaman& Nicobar

Nicobars

937

945

138

Andhra Pradesh

Y.S.R.

951

918

139

Arunachal Pradesh

Dibang Valley

874

889

140

Assam

Kamrup Metropolitan

943

946

141

Bihar

Vaishali

937

904

142

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

845

880

143

Chhattisgarh

Raigarh

964

947

144

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

979

926

145

Daman & Diu

Daman

907

897

146

Goa

North Goa

938

939

147

Jharkhand

Dhanbad

951

916

148

Karnataka

Bijapur

928

931

149

Kerala

Thrissur

958

950

150

Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep

959

911

151

Manipur

Senapati

962

893

152

Meghalaya

Ribhoi

972

953

153

Mizoram

Saiha

950

932

154

Nagaland

Longleng

964

885

155

Odisha

Nayagarh

904

855

156

Puducherry

Yanam

964

921

157

Sikkim

North District

995

929

158

Tamil Nadu

Cuddalore

957

896

159

Telengana

Hyderabad

943

914

160

Tripura

South Tripura

961

951

161

West Bengal

Kolkata

927

933

Note: Districts highlighted with bold are newly seleceted districts as a pert of extension of the BBBP Scheme

Under BBBP scheme advocacy and Media Campaign at PAN India level has been started with a 360 degree approach which includes Radio and TV campaign, Cinema Halls, community engagement through Song & Drama Division, and online digital media. Radio, TV and IVR based 139 (the universal railway enquiry number) campaigns. Effective use of Social Mediaenhanced outreach on BBBP especially amongst the youth. Variety of social media platforms have been used for spreading positive messages about value of girl child in the public domain. This included extensive use of MyGov platform, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vikaspedia, G+, Google Hangout, WhatsApp etc.

The government has constituted National Inspection and Monitoring Committee at the central level for effective monitoring of PC&PNDT Act. Accordingly, the States/UTs have been directed to constitute Inspection and Monitoring Committees at State and District levels.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.